Friday, April 15th at 5pm through Saturday April 16 5pm
2010 Marathon (l-r) Zorina Jerome, Shaun Christensen, Pam Blair
“Come early, leave late, or come late, leave early” at Artpost Gallery’s 2nd Poetry Marathon – a tribute to National Poetry Month in April. This year, 75 poets took turns reading in 15 minute time slots for the entire 24-hour period. A big THANK YOU to Fiddler’s Hearth — who will be providing appetizers and brunch for Saturday morning, and to The Foundation for Light Verse, for donating publications to give away during this event, and to the African-American Chamber of Commerce, for lending more chairs!
Below is a YouTube playlist of most of the poets who read — we will be adding more every day.
Friday, April 15
Saturday, April 16
See YouTube videos of last year’s poets >>
Schedule of poets
| Friday April 15, 5:00 – 11:45 pm | Saturday, April 16, Midnight – 9:45 am | Saturday April 16, 10am – 5pm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:00PM | Jake Webster | 12:00AM | Jake Webster | 10:00AM | Allen DeSomer |
| 05:15PM | Mathew Heckaman | 12:15AM | David Casper | 10:15AM | Leighanne Robison |
| 05:30 PM | Lori Caskey-Sigety | 12:30AM | Javaughn Renee | 10:30AM | Carol Meehan |
| 05:45PM | Chairman Ralph | 12:45AM | Wayne Goodling | 10:45AM | Javaughn Renee |
| 06:00PM | Don Hargraves | 01:00AM | Daniel Boughton | 11:00AM | James Elrod |
| 06:15PM | Tamara Nicholl-Smith | 01:15AM | CJ Waterman | 11:15AM | Jake Webster |
| 06:30PM | Zorina Jerome | 01:30AM | Seth Oelbaum | 11:30AM | Greg Fox |
| 06:45PM | Anne Magnan-Park, Sharon Brinker and Timothy Dann-Barrick | 01:45AM | Carina Finn | 11:45AM | Teshaun Jenea Massey |
| 07:00PM | Jen Stockdale | 02:00AM | Joel Duncan | 12:00PM | Judith Hizer |
| 07:15PM | Nancy Botkin | 02:15AM | David Casper | 12:15PM | Lisa Kowalski |
| 07:30PM | Charmi Keranen | 02:30AM | Lynn Patrick | 12:30PM | Billy Easton |
| 07:45PM | David Dodd Lee | 02:45AM | Kelly Walters Wantuch | 12:45PM | Richard Bisnauth |
| 08:00PM | Stephen Allen | 03:00AM | Jake Webster | 01:00PM | Groshonda McDonald |
| 08:15PM | Jacqueline Dickey | 03:15AM | 01:15PM | Claire Donohue Roof | |
| 08:30PM | 03:30AM | 01:30PM | Howard Dukes | ||
| 08:45PM | Tracy Burchett | 03:45AM | 01:45PM | Jennifer Eddy & | |
| 09:00PM | Sade Murphy | 04:00AM | 02:00PM | Jake Webster | |
| 09:15PM | Jon Burke | 04:15AM | 02:15PM | Jeanne Cook | |
| 09:30PM | Sue Barnard | 04:30AM | 02:30PM | Michael Kelly | |
| 09:45PM | Pam Blair | 05:00AM | 02:45PM | Bob Hohl | |
| 10:00PM | Shaun Warkentin | 05:15AM | 03:00PM | Loosely Ladies Writing Group | |
| 10:15PM | Jeff Tatay | 05:30AM | 03:15PM | Soul Poet Extraordinaire | |
| 10:30PM | David Karapetyan | 05:45AM | 03:30PM | Lisa Cunningham | |
| 10:45PM | Monica Mody | 06:00AM | Mark Sniadecki | 03:45PM | Lee Gloster |
| 11:00PM | 06:15AM | 04:00PM | Judith Hizer | ||
| 11:15PM | Irinka Johnson | 06:30AM | 04:15PM | Roger Chrastil | |
| 11:30PM | Jim Yocom | 06:45AM | 04:30PM | Daniel Boughton | |
| 11:45PM | Gene Halton | 07:00AM | 04:45PM | David Casper & Jake Webster | |
| 07:15AM | |||||
| 07:30AM | Zorina Jerome | ||||
| 07:45AM | Rebecca Pelky | ||||
| 08:00AM | Wayne Goodling | ||||
| 08:15AM | Jon Burke | ||||
| 08:30AM | Rachel Barrett | ||||
| 08:45AM | Howard Dukes | ||||
| 09:00AM | J. Paul | ||||
| 09:15AM | David Casper | ||||
| 09:30AM | Reynaldo Hernandez | ||||
| 09:45AM | Lynn Patrick | ||||
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Sounds like a blast!
I noticed this page has changed since the event. Is this an attempt to reflect the actual poets that read (as much as possible) as opposed to those who merely signed up?
Is there video of more of the poets forthcoming?
Hi Daniel,
Yes, we recorded alot of the poets and are posting them to YouTube now – so the player on this page will be updated as we post them -
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Wondering if I could come down there both to look Erin and Nandita’s exhibits and to talk to you about your artesian well photo exhibit on display at the museum of art.
Hi Howard,
Of course, that would be great – the show will be up by March 2nd – can you stop by then? We have one more weekend for the Cuba Presente show – Kay
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Hello Kay and Jake
Lynn Patrick requests slot for Saturday AM, an eight, nine, or ten AM slott
Lynn also requests a second slot … it could be an early or late like a 2 or 3 am even! Your choice!
thanks!
can not wait!
wish i could confirm a second spot… but hoping to come before/around sunrise and see if anything is shaking..(maybe a lil earlier) wife has to work.. ill be with the lil kiddos through out the day time on sat.
Everyone was awesome! This event renewed my faith that intelligence and beauty live within all of us.
Thanks Allen, it renews our faith in our community too